Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Samantha Drake, Special toThe Washington Post Pete cocked his head and fixed his sharp eyes on the people gathered to watch him. The blue-crowned mealy ...

Winter was just two months old when she got her tail caught in a crab trap—and rendered a useless stump—off the coast of Florida. After a long recuperation and a year and a half of hard labor by one ...

One problem that prostheses present is that by lacking sensitivity, can become damaged when exposed to objects emitting high temperatures and consequently burn the user. To avoid this, a group of ...

The setup incorporates a temperature sensor that covers the prosthetic hand's index finger pad, along with a thermode located in the socket that connects the prosthesis to the residual arm stump. A ...

New study aims to re-engineer stump skin for more comfortable prosthetics. The findings of the study are published in the journal Science Advances. People who have had limbs removed often use false ...

People who have had limbs removed often use false arms and legs, known as prosthetics, to improve mobility and independence - but 75 per cent of prosthetic-wearing amputees encounter problems like ...